arnaut
التعريفات والمعاني
== Albanian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ottoman Turkish آرناوود (Arnavut), from earlier [script needed] (Arvanid), from Byzantine Greek Ἀρβανίτης (Arbanítēs), ultimately from Albanian arbër / arbën.
=== Noun ===
arnaút m (plural arnaútë / arnautllárë, definite arnaúti)
Albanian (so called by the Turks)
Synonym: shqiptár
=== References ===
“arnaut”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Bardhi, Frang (1635), Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 22: “epirote — iarbenesce, turcicè arnautlar”
Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “arnaut”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 44